Legal Opinion

State v. Holloway

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided July 28, 1987No. 5144PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDupont, C. J.

The two issues of this case are whether the trial court should have dismissed a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon as prohibited by General Statutes § 53-206,1 and whether the court erred in its instructions on self-defense.2

The defendant and the victim began a fight, during the course of which the defendant stabbed the victim with a knife which had a blade of three and one-half inches in length. The defendant’s testimony portrayed the victim as the aggressor of the fight, and the defendant claimed that he was forced, through fear for his own safety, to defend himself with his knife.

The…

2Cases cited14 opinions

State v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
State v. DeJesusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
State v. SilveiraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
State v. RouleauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
State v. FletcherConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987

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3Cited by10 opinions

State v. BaileySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
State v. HopesConnecticut Appellate Court · 1992
State v. GilchristConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991
State v. RamosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
State v. GelorminoConnecticut Appellate Court · 1991

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